precedented
🇬🇧 UK🇺🇸 US
C2
Definitions
adj.
Having a prior example or precedent; not novel or without parallel
有先例的;有前例可循的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.fully precedented完全有先例的
- 2.[well precedented]有充分先例的
- 3.historically precedented历史上有先例的
- 4.[precedented action]有先例可循的行动
Example Sentences
- 1.
The use of emergency powers in this situation is fully precedented in wartime law.
- 2.
Unlike her predecessor's bold reforms, her approach was cautious and precedented.